0.phoneArenaposted on21 Oct 2011, 08:25

The final outcomes are actually pretty close - of course, even the three-year old Canon 5D Mark II with its huge sensor is much more adept at low light than the iPhone 4S. For all practical purposes, however, you would most likely carry a smartphone with you when an opportunity to shoot footage arrives...

Those cameras were not shooting at the same rate... go to that 3 test local at around a minute and look at the video billboard in the upper lefthand corner. You can definitely see some refresh effect on it on the 4S screeen that's not on the 5D screen.

C'mon guys. Don't hate the 4s. 5D Mark II is the obvious winner here. The point of the article is that camera sensors on mobile phones are continuously improving which, of course, will give benefit consumers who are looking for a decent standard point and shoot camera/videocam. Take things positively. ;)

i think the point was that cameras on cell phones are taking their baby steps into real camera realms.

for every day use that wasnt a bad camera. It was noticeably less detailed, slightly over saturated, and didnt have nearly the frame rate as the SLR (check the billboard and cars passing by), but for your "every day cell camera", it wasnt bad at all.

we are comparing a .. what... $5000 camera against a phone with a $50 camera in it at best? That wasnt too shabby for the parts difference.

BTW, PA,
Whoever did that comparison did a good job. I'd really like to see more side by side set up comparisons like this in the future. :)

Well comparisons like that will bring only hate on PA :) (see the comments above). There must be comparisons with pocket cams or other smart phones, other than that is pointless. My cousin is a photograph and when he made 30 sec long video late at night in his apartment where the light was ... awful, when I played that video on my 1080i monitor i couldn't see a damn pixel or noise ... how can you compare that to a smartphone? Simply you can't.

The Canon did better of course. But the video taken by the ip4s is nothing to be ashamed of either (or even ip4, or any other top end smartphones out there). And would make you think twice on spending thousands more on an SLR camera, unless of course you're a pro or an enthusiast. But for the average users. Smartphones like the ip4s is more than capable enough to satisfy their needs in taking a video. I don't think this comparison is meant as a contest between the Canon and the ip4s camera at all, but rather to show consumers how far smartphones have gone in the camera department, especially the iphone.

Well, the iPhone 4S does well for a point and shoot, no doubt. But there are a few points to consider about this comparison:

1. The easiest difference to spot is color reproduction, which is clearly better on the 5D MKII.
2. Another difference, as mentioned by the author of the article, is the Canon's advantage in low light situations. The iPhone doesn't do a bad job, but even the Canon isn't as good in low light situations as say a Nikon D3.
3. Detail/sharpness. The 5D MKII has more detail throughout, especially visible when you look toward the edges of the screen, like with the stairs in the first scene when the camera pans to the right.
4. Depth of Field. Not something most people tend to look for, but the 5D is much better at handling the scene overall.
5. Camera Shake. This article was implying that an iPhone 4S (or equivalent) in your pocket will shoot videos like this. Not unless you have a tripod for that phone, because the phone's image stabilization is not going to be anywhere near as good as that of a DSLR.

Overall, a very good camera for a phone. Just not a DSLR replacement. I wouldn't even consider my Canon S90 or G10 as DSLR replacements, much less an iPhone.

Also, considering how good these kinds of DSLRs are, the glass that is used can often be the limiting factor for picture quality. The lens used here is not bad, but it is one of the cheaper lenses. An L-series lens would really show off what this camera is capable of.

Pretty close my ass. There is an annoying white or contrast issue with 4gs and at the shadows there are some graininess with the footage. Detail is not so sharp and there is an orange tint predominantly present. In photography and cinematography pretty close means pretty close not miles apart.

First Engadget faking N8 pics to make 4gs look good which unleashed the all of Nokia's pitbulls into a revolt. Now labeling it pretty close against Canon 5D Mark 2 will unleash the photography demons and I feel sorry for who ever is writing this article.

Eh I'm not going to be so mean to the author here. For general consumers, the iP4S video looks pretty good, and overall sharp. Comparable to the 5D MKII. The difference is the way in which the general public defines "pretty close" and the way in which photography amateurs and enthusiasts define "pretty close." You are right, discerning photographers would say the quality is miles apart. But considering we are looking at a high-end dSLR vs. a phone, the difference in quality is expected, and with that in mind the iP4S does at least perform in some comparable league to the MKII.

so what do you want to say when comparing canon to iphone that there is no other phone comprable to iphone hahahaha just ridiculous and when you move the phone by 5 sm in a minute of course it will be smooth and it's fullHD on the half of the screen

I always believe that a smartphone should have a micro-SD memory card slot by default. As such, any high-def photos and videos can be easily shared by simply pulling out the card from the smartphone and plugging into any computer or tablet or TV and many people can see what the owner of the smartphone took. This is a always-work-no-fiddle-with-iCloud approach. Costs nothing and always works and does not require Ph.D or engineering degree to work! Steve Jobs doesn't like this approach though :)

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